Good sense, not political pyrotechnics, to fix health care and debt

8:31 AM,
Sep. 20, 2013

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, on Thursday, after speaking with reporters on Capitol Hill about efforts to prevent a partial government shutdown and avoid a default while simultaneously canceling out President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

Written by

Nan Hayworth, M.D.

Every American should have access to affordable health care of the high quality that we expect in a nation with the talent and resources that we are blessed to have.

This is what inspired the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. As a doctor who cared for patients in the Hudson Valley for 16 years and the only woman physician ever to have been a member of Congress, I wholeheartedly believe in this goal.

But as the Affordable Care Act's implementation unfolds, it's clear that great intentions aren't served by bad policy. ...